{"id":83281,"date":"2026-01-09T11:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=83281"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:16:50","slug":"household-burning-of-plastic-waste-in-developing-world-is-hidden-health-threat-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/household-burning-of-plastic-waste-in-developing-world-is-hidden-health-threat-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Household burning of plastic waste in developing world is hidden health threat, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/19d649f37a6d04590c2f8f1b23cb7c3fb2923de0\/1709_490_5504_4402\/master\/5504.jpg?width=480&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" alt=\"Young men gather round a small fire burning on the street to warm themselves\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The household burning of plastic for heating and cooking is widespread in developing countries, suggests a global study that raises concerns about its health and environmental impacts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/jan\/08\/household-burning-of-plastic-waste-in-developing-world-is-hidden-health-threat-study-shows\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The household burning of plastic for heating and cooking is widespread in developing countries, suggests a global study that raises concerns about&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/burning-tyres.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83282,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83281\/revisions\/83282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}